information on cinemas,boxoffice data for Indonesia from 1999 to 2003

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Request for Question Clarification by missy-ga on 12 Apr 2003 19:11 PDT

What kind of information are you looking for, exactly?  Number of
cinemas?  Biggest grossing movies?  Ticket sales figures?

A little elaboration will help us find what you need.

--Missy

Dear sck51,

Thanks for your question.  First, let me request that if any of the
following is unclear or if you require any further research – please
don’t hesitate to ask me for a clarification.

You had requested information for cinema and box office data for
Indonesia for the years 1999 through 2003.

A very recent article in Variety reports the following:

+ the nation of 210 million people is considered to be under-screened
+ between 35 and 40 million tickets were sold last year, 30% less than
in 1997 pre-crisis (i.e. industry has not fully recovered yet)
+ ticket prices are up almost 100% since 1997
+ box office receipts are up 40%
+ ticket prices at first-run houses range from $1 to $5 (tickets are
30% to 40% lower on Mondays)
+ 175 different titles were screened in Indonesia last year, as
follows:
-	American (almost 100)
-	Indian (50)
-	European (10)
-	Mandarin (7)
-	Indonesian (8)
+ Handful of movies attracts upwards of one million viewers; in 2002,
three movies:
-	Jelangkung
-	Sherina
-	Ada Apa Dengan Cinta
-	Kafir, a horror picture, attracted more than 500,000 viewers and is
still playing in theatres
+ 187 independently owned screens in Jakarta, most show sub-runs

Top Ten Movies in late February by number of engagements:

TITLE/DISTRIBUTOR (4th week in Feb/3rd week in Feb/$s per engagement)
        
Daredevil (20th)                      3474   3471     $5208
Old School (DreamWorks)               2689     --      6491
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Par)    2923   2923      3965
The Jungle Book 2 (BV)                2815   2808      3094
Chicago (Miramax)                     2355   2268      3499
The Life of David Gale (U)            2002     --      3555
Shanghai Knights (BV/Spyglass)        2526   2755      2576
Gods and Generals (WB)                1533     --      3050
Dark Blue (MGM)                       2176     --      1783
The Recruit (BV/Spyglass)             1678   2336      2035

Top Ten Titles by domestic box office cumulative
*************************************************        
       
Daredevil (20th)                          2     $69,471,858
Old School (DreamWorks)                   1      17,453,216
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Par)        3      64,621,440
The Jungle Book 2 (BV)                    2      25,168,387
Chicago (Miramax)                         9      94,094,784
The Life of David Gale (U)                1       7,117,225
Shanghai Knights (BV/Spyglass)            3      44,509,866
Gods and Generals (WB)                    1       4,675,246
Dark Blue (MGM)                           1       3,880,688
The Recruit (BV/Spyglass)                 4      44,330,457

Source: Variety, 390 (3): 19, March 03, 2003


From a 2000 article in Variety, I’ve gathered the following
information:
-	Population: 210 million
-	TV household penetration: 77%
-	TV ad revenue: $390 million (1999) - $470 million (2000 estimate)
-	Free-to-air networks: 6
-	Cable-satellite subscribers: 75,000
-	Number of movie screens: 480
-	First-run movie screens: 384
-	Local film production: About 10 a year

Source: Variety, 380 (13): 97+, November 13, 2000

Here is data for the period 1990-1998, which is the growth period for
Indonesian cinema:

Indonesian Cinema
            
                        1990     1991      1992     1993     1994
            
Box office Rps bil.    183.3    159.0     260.4    361.8      356.7
Admissions mil.        151.0    109.0     145.0    180.0      163.0
Screens              2,173.0  2,114.0   2,131.0  2,148.0    2,261.0
            
                        1995      1996     1997     1998e
            
Box office Rps bil.    399.5     442.3      n/a        n/a
Admissions mil.        168.9     173.0    163.0   175.0[*]
Screens              2,115.0   1,998.0  2,150.0    1,774.0

Source: Deal Memo, 6 (2): 6, January 21,1999

Additional motion film industry related data for 1997 and 1998 –

Ticket price (1998e)                  $0.20-$2.00
Box office (1998e)                       $44 mil.
Screens (1998e)                             1,774
Population per screen                     275,000
Film import quota (1997)               160 titles
TV homes (1998)                         28.6 mil.
TV ad expend. (1997)                Rps2,678 bil.
Commercial TV nets                              5
Public TV nets                                  1
VCR penetration                                6%
Multichannel homes                        150,000
Multichannel %                              0.50%
Video stores                               2,115e
Legal video stores                            200
Estimated piracy                              85%
Video import quota (1997)              700 titles

Source: Deal Memo, 6 (2): 5, January 21,1999


Note: You can extract a lot more information by subscribing for a free
60-day trial to variety.com –

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=front_page

Once you’re subscribed, search on “Indonesia”


I hope this response adequately addresses your request.  Please let me
know if you are in need of additional information concerning this
query.

Thanks,
ragingacademic-ga


References:

Variety, 390 (3): 19, March 03, 2003

Variety, 380 (13): 97+, November 13, 2000

Deal Memo, 6 (2): 6, January 21,1999

Deal Memo, 6 (2): 5, January 21,1999

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Clarification of Answer by ragingacademic-ga on 14 Apr 2003 21:14 PDT

Dear sck51 -

The responding party is actually ragingacademic, but that's ok.
I will try and procure additional data for you - however, I will be
away for ten days, so please expect this data end of April.
 
I hope this will be acceptable to you.

thanks,
ragingacademic

may i know what is the data that u want on information on
cinemas,boxoffice data for Indonesia from 1999 to 2003.please do tell
what is the data that you  want on it.

Dear Missy,

Thank you for your prompt response. The specific data I am looking for
is 1999 thru to 2002
- cinema screens in Indonesia
- cinemas in Indonesia (number of complexes)
- average number of screens per complex
- Top 20 box office films for each year in US Dollars including their
distributor (local/international)

- any data pertaining to ticket prices, and their movement

Look forward to receiving your response.

kind regards,
sck51-ga

Dear Richard,

Thank you for your comprehensive response. Could you please provide
1997 thru 2002 top 20 box office in US dollars for Indonesia.

Any information that you could provide on cinemas e.g. number of
screens in Jakarta would also be helpful.

Thank you once again for your response to date. 

kind regards,
sck51-ga

Hi Missy,

To elaborate on my last request, I would like to obtain the following
details of Indonesia during the period of 1999 to 2002.

1. The number of cinema screens, i.e. there were X number of cinema
screens in 1999, y number in 2000, etc.

2. The number of cinema complexes for each year.

3. Average number of screens per complex for each year.

4. The box office (in USD) ranks for each year's top 20 films with
distributor, i.e. WB or UIP or FOX or local

5. What was each year's net average ticket price, any documentation on
increases and decreases within the 4 years and what was the cause of
the changes.

Hope this clarifies. Look forward to receiving your response.

kind regards,
sck51-ga